STARKVILLE, Miss. – WKU softball split a pair of games Saturday evening on the second day of the Bulldog Slamboree at Mississippi State’s Kusz Park. After dropping a tough, 8-2 contest to Northwestern State, junior Kat Downing recorded a pitching gem from the circle as the Lady Toppers shutout Central Arkansas, 2-0.
GAME 1: NORTHWESTERN STATE 8, WKU 2
Northwestern State (14-5) recorded a pair of hits in the second and third innings as WKU went into the fifth trailing the Lady Demons, 4-0.
A sacrifice fly from Carleigh Chaumont put the Lady Toppers on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning but NSU put the contest out of reach with a four-run seventh inning as the Lady Demons went on to down WKU, 8-2.